In front of Tongguan, in the camp of the Cao army, Cao Cao was staring at the map of the Central Plains that he had spent a lot of money in his tent, frowning and pondering.

In addition to Cao Cao's subordinate place at the moment, Yuan Shao of Jizhou, Lu Bu of Qingzhou, Yellow Turban of Yuzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Qin Xu of Xuzhou, who was actually controlled by Lu Bu's military forces, almost surrounded Yanzhou in the middle. If Cao Cao wants to move the capital to Xu County, which has been determined in advance, after welcoming the Son of Heaven, and if he wants to make a difference, he will inevitably face these five forces.

First of all, the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou are the weakest. Especially after the remnants of the Xuzhou Yellow Turban entered Yuzhou, Yuzhou, which was already a puddle of muddy water, was stirred into a pot of porridge. And these Yellow Turban thieves, who have already divided one county and one county, but are still conquesting each other, as long as Cao Cao can pull out his hand, under the sweep of the army, Qingzhi will inevitably be like autumn wind and falling leaves. What's more, Xu County is already in Yuzhou, which gives Cao Cao a good excuse to take over Yuzhou.

The second is Jingzhou Liu Biao. The land of Jingzhou, where Liu Biao is based, is one of the largest states in the Han Dynasty, with sharp armor, and Xiangyang, the place of governance, is even more advantageous to the great river, and is rich in the world. In addition to last year, Yuan Shu annoyed Liu Biao for some reason, making Liu Biao crazy and drove Yuan Shu and the Southern Xiongnu coalition army from Nanyang to Huaisi, that is, even the uncle and nephew of Zhang Ji of the Western Liang Army captured Wancheng, which was only two hundred miles away from Xinye, the outer city of Xiangyang, and did not see Liu Biao move, which can be seen, at least in a short period of time, between his own forces and Liu Biao, the possibility of a war is extremely small.

Then there is Jizhou. At present, Jizhou Yuan Shao has made up his mind to grab credit with himself and pick peaches. At the latest, early tomorrow morning, perhaps Yuan Shao's forward cavalry Yan Liang's troops will arrive here. Although in the name of helping allies. But fools can see Yuan Shao's purpose. Whether Cao Yuan can still maintain the alliance relationship between Cao Yuan is still two words. Moreover, if you take 10,000 steps back, even if Yuan Shao is really abnormal, he must be a "warm-hearted" to help Cao Cao welcome the Son of Heaven to Xu County, and then how to deal with the relationship between Ji and Yanzhou. Whether Yuan Shao will tolerate his allies' control of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sili and other places, and most likely surpass him in military and political strength, is also quite a headache.

But what Cao Cao couldn't understand the most. It is still Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which are "entrenched" by Lu Bujun's forces. Qingzhou was once in Cao Cao's hands, and even made a plan to take advantage of the ravages of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou to take Qingzhou into his own hands, but unexpectedly put a position for his ally Yuan Shao out of thin air. gave Qingzhou to Lu Bu for nothing. Originally. Cao Cao didn't think much of the forces of Lu Bu's army who rushed out of Chang'an and shrunk into Hanoi at first, but in order to counteract Yuan Shao, who regretted a little, he opened his mouth to go to Yanzhou and provide Lu Bu with convenience to go to Qingzhou. As a result, Yuan Shao was soft, and Cao Cao immediately attacked in three ways. Launched a brazen attack on Lu Bu.

I thought that this would be the best time for me to become the pastor of Yanzhou for the first time, and to obtain Qingzhou. Unexpectedly, in the battle of the Nameless Valley, there was a big reversal of the situation, and the army of 40,000 was beaten by a little-known boy with 400 troops, which became the beginning of his nightmare. Immediately after several battles, Cao Cao, who knew the strategy of the army, was like meeting a nemesis, losing consecutive battles, and finally had to rely on the son of his own family as a proton to reluctantly make peace with Qingzhou, which has always been the most painful old wound in Cao Cao's heart.

Then Xuzhou was in turmoil, and Cao Cao, who was chasing Yuan Shu in Yuzhou, and wanted to clean up the Yellow Turban in Yuzhou by the way, half-pushed and half-pushed, and took advantage of the rumors that his father was killed, and brazenly invaded Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, it was this nameless boy Qin Xu who made himself memorize his name on his sleeve, and he actually took shit luck, not only tore his "righteousness" banner to pieces, but also took the matter of Chang'an as a "threat", not only gained great fame, but also got the benefits of betraying the party and hiding, and even took Xuzhou himself later! So Lu Bu too, is he crazy? Such a clear need to curb and must eliminate the usurpation of power in the bud, but he was not suspected by Lu Bu, and he took the initiative to calm down the remarks of the outside world to "help" him, and single-mindedly cited this Qin Xu as the assassin of Xuzhou and the general of Fenwu? hurts his son-in-law to this, and Lu Wenhou can be regarded as a wonderful flower in the late Han Dynasty.

And now, Yuan Shao didn't know which of the strategies of the lacked virtuous strategists before, and wanted to invite Lu Bu, who had a complicated relationship with Yanzhou, to send troops to meet the Son of Heaven, the purpose was to make himself unable to take care of each other and make him get the plan. Fortunately, Lu Bu is quite reasonable, and with the "participation" of his precious son Cao Ang, he successfully shattered Yuan Shao's tricks, so he could only keep a shy face, and pretend that the things he had done before, such as wanting to set up another son of heaven and fighting with Chang'an Li and Guo Yan, had not happened, and put on the shelf of the alliance leader of the princes to fight against Dong Zhuo, and wanted to come and grab credit from himself. It's really good to bully Lao Cao!

Look at it, as long as Tongguan can be captured, Chang'an, the Son of Heaven! It's like a beauty who has stripped naked, isn't it for our old Cao to ravage? Oh no, it's appeasement!

But Tongguan! ……

Cao Cao's gaze turned from the map to his own military camp, only five miles away, the peak was like a huge black object between the two mountains, under the light of the pine oil torch, like a giant on the road that Cao Cao wanted to go to Chang'an, making it difficult for Cao Cao's army to advance for more than a month.

The war during the day was still unfavorable, those Xiliang defenders seemed to be crazy, and it obviously looked perfunctory before, only by virtue of the Tongguan wall Gaomen Jian was not broken by Cao Cao, one by one and as if they were fighting chicken blood, causing huge casualties to the soldiers of the Cao army, so that Cao Cao had to withdraw his troops several hours in advance, cultivate the army, and try to fight again.

It seems that the idea of capturing Tongguan before the arrival of Yuan Shao's forward cavalry cannot be implemented, so he can only find another way to prevent Yuan Shao's old friend from getting cheap, Cao Cao rubbed his head with a faint pain, and he was also extremely worried in his heart! I don't know where my baby son Cao Ang is, but don't meet those people.

"My lord! Lord! The eldest prince has arrived! Just as Cao Cao was about to punish the person who had already ordered no one to disturb and dared to interrupt his train of thought, he suddenly realized that Cao Ang was actually mentioned in this person's words.

"What do you say? Zixiu is here? In what place? This is ...... Ahem, let him come and see so-and-so! Cao Cao was still worried just now, this time it was as if he had put down a big stone, relaxed and comfortable, and he didn't even have the slightest idea of punishing the herald soldier just now, his face flashed with joy, but he forced a majestic gesture, and ordered: "Wait! Wen Ruo's previous letter didn't explain, do you know who escorted Zixiu here? There will be a reward! ”

"This ...... Lord, the last general happens to recognize it! Seeing Cao Cao asking, this night patrol general flashed a little embarrassed on his face, and when he saw Cao Cao's urgency, he lowered his head and said: "The eldest prince also asked the last general to report to the lord, the Han Xuzhou assassin history, and the general Fenwu ......."

"Qin Xu, that kid is here too? Didn't you come with Ang'er? Cao Cao didn't wait for the young general to finish speaking, his long and narrow eyes widened, it was him Cao Cao, who thought about everyone, and he didn't expect that it would be Qin Xu who sent Cao Ang here. What is this kid going to do? Didn't you resist coming to Chang'an when you stayed in Chen? It's a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty again, and it's a set of things that the Son of Heaven said about foreign troops, how could he be here?

"My lord?" Seeing that Cao Cao was distracted by the news that Qin Xu followed, the young general didn't dare to remind him loudly, so he could only whisper to the side and said, "Lord, why don't you go back to the eldest prince and say that the lord has rested?" ”

"Humph! Licentious! Cao Cao snorted violently, a trace of fierceness flashed in his long narrow eyes, until he stared at this young general with sweat overflowing, and the two trembling trembles, and said coldly: "Do you have to be Cao Mouyi to be smiling and generous?" Qin Thorn History is not far away, and escorting my son here must be to help Cao! You, immediately notify the generals above the lieutenant colonel and above, put on a certain full guard of honor, open the camp door, and receive Qin Assassin Shi into the barracks! ”

"No!" This little general was stared at by Cao Cao's terrifying gaze just now, almost thinking that he was about to be pulled out by Cao Cao, and after getting Cao Cao's order, he actually escaped out of the door with a roll, and he didn't notice Cao Cao's whisper in the tent at all: "Qin Xu, hum!" Since the past can't overwhelm you, let you taste the taste of killing! ”

"Woo ......" The night was already very deep, and in Cao Cao's military camp, the soldiers who were already asleep were awakened by the sound of drums and trumpets to welcome them, and they didn't understand what important people came in the army, so that their own lord, General Cao, was not afraid of the danger of bombing the camp in the middle of the night, and greeted them with such a grand ceremony, and they all showed their heads from the military tents, just to see where the holy arrival.

"Brother, listen, it's my father who is welcoming you with the gift of welcoming the princes in the Zhou ceremony!" Cao Ang, who was on the horse, said happily beside Qin Xu. And Cheng Yu, who had a gloomy face on the side, showed a somewhat smug look at the corner of his mouth, and his gaze at Qin Xu was a little more ruthless. After listening to Cao Ang's words, the soldiers of the Xiandeng Battalion who followed these more than ten horses looked at Cao Ang's guards beside him, although they were all tired on their faces, but they were full of pride.

Greet? The Gift of the Princes? Qin Xu, who had been galloping on a horse for most of the night, still felt a little relieved after seeing Cao Ying, where would Qin someone know what the courtesy of the princes was, but he roughly understood the courtesy of Duke Zhou, and after listening to Cao Ang's explanation, he had a little bad premonition in his heart.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!

Regardless of Cao Cao's intentions, Qin Xu finally got in touch with Cao Cao, but in the land of Jingzhao south of Tongguan, Yan Liang had a black face, looking at the twenty war horses with the Yanzhou brand that were collected by the soldiers under his command, and ran for hundreds of miles, except for these war horses, he didn't even see a single Cao Jun hair, seeing the exhausted appearance of his subordinates, Yan Liang's beard was about to smoke: "What is going on with this TM?" Who led the way? What about Cao Jun!!? ”

…… (To be continued......)